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What just happened to accepting Paypal?? looks like they are trying to drive us away

i may have over reacted... for some reason PayPal wants to drive me into a business account. Looks like the fees are the same so not sure what that is all about, I'm just suspicious by nature

If you switch to a business account which is pretty easy you get a merchant ID, enter it here, and move on. If you don't want to do that then they make it very complicated to fill out forms, etc. I gave up and switched to business, made up a bogus business name and am moving on...
herman
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sleepwalker65
832 posts
 
Fraudulent sellers are avoiding PayPal like the plague, as their buyer protection forces them to refund purchases of faulty / damaged / counterfeit and otherwise illegitimate items. 
My advice is to steer clear of any seller who doesn’t want to do a transaction via PayPal. That is a red flag 🚩 that the seller is fraudulent. 
mitch2
3,682 posts
 
Where are things at on this Audiogon/PayPal issue?  Are folks using the work-around, are they setting up merchant accounts, or are they doing something else?  I have not sold here since this came up and I just listed some expensive stuff on another site but I do plan to try listing something less expensive here to see how things work.
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oblgny
845 posts
 
The “workaround” is BS. I am neither a merchant or Audiogon dealer. I’m a private seller and don’t need not want to register as anything other than that. 

My guess is the I. R. S. and or state agencies are trying to collect. 

This may cost Audiogon a member. 
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
The workaround is NOT B.S imho.
It does actually work with zero issues.
Over the last month I have sold three items here and zero issues being paid via Paypal.

Actually from memory I believe PayPal realized they had made it harder than it should be and you can now find your "merchant id" on your paypal account very easily.

Good luck to all and Merry Christmas!
mitch2
3,682 posts
 
I found that I had a "merchant id" on my PayPal account that I didn’t ask for and never knew that I had. This had nothing to do with Audiogon, but rather was a PayPal thing. I used the merchant id to post a recent listing here and have since sold three high-priced items on a different site - each for close to or at my asking price. I still believe Audiogon has the biggest audience and best platform for audio sales, but it is not the only option.
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